The knotting morphological phenomenon. Interpretation of the palaces for politics forming process in Italy

Authors

  • Giuseppe Strappa Dipartimento Diap, “Sapienza” Università degli Studi di Roma, via Gramsci, 53, 00197 Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15320/ICONARP.2019.80

Keywords:

Processual reading, morphological knotting, palaces for politic

Abstract

The article proposes the study of the phenomenon of architectural and urban “knotting”, which the author considers one of the most interesting in the formation of the modern city.

It consists in the transformation of a special serial organism (consisting of units repeated and substitutable among themselves) in an organic structure, where the elements are linked together by a relationship of necessity, through the formation of a nodal space.

In Italy this phenomenon is quite evident in the formation of new building types for public services, as in the case of the large post offices obtained by transforming existing buildings and then designed ex novo with the knotting idea, giving rise to some of the most important architecture of modern Italian architecture

The phenomenon is particularly evident in the formation of the different palaces of the Chamber of Deputies in Turin, Florence and Rome.

The proposal by Carlo Fontana appears very important, indicating a new polarity in the urban fabric, a double knotting that links the public space with the architectural organism. The project will not be executed but will remain in the deep memory of the plan being formed. Ernesto Basile, author of the project that will be realized, in reality continues, stiffening it, the idea of Fontana to continue the internal corridors as routes of an urban fabric overturned inside, which is knotted in the central hall.

After three temporary experiments obtained in the existing spaces, Basile designed ex novo the large assembly hall in a virtual processual way, as in an existing space to be transformed, designing the structure of an organism organized around a central open space "subsequently" knotted from a light metal cover.

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Author Biography

Giuseppe Strappa, Dipartimento Diap, “Sapienza” Università degli Studi di Roma, via Gramsci, 53, 00197 Roma

Prof. Giuseppe Strappa is senior professor (Professore di Alta Qualificazione) at School of Architecture – Università “La Sapienza” - in Rome. He  taught Architectural and Urban Design and Urban Morphology since 1980 in “La Sapienza”  in Rome, in Bari Polithecnic and in other universities in Italy and abroad. Since 2002 to 2016 he was full professor in  Bari Polithecnic and “La Sapienza”  in Rome. In the current 2017/2018 academic year he held a semester course of Morphologie et syntaxe des milieu bâtis at the Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, a semester course in Urban Morphology at the Rome Sapienza University , lessons for PhD students and lectures in Italy and abroad. He is President of the scientific association of Urban Morphology Isufitaly and committee member of Isuf International. He is Director of the U + D (Urban form and Design) magazine published by Erma, Rome, and member of the Urban Morphology editorial board. He is director of the series "Lettura e Progetto" of the Franco Angeli publisher, Milan. He is member of the advisory board of “The Urban Book Series” of the Springer publisher, Berlin. He was Director of the  "Quaderni di architettura e Costuzione" book series in Dipartimento ArCos della Sapienza, Università di Roma. He has been Director of Department of Architectural and Civil Engineering Science in the Polytechnic of Bari He has been member of the University Rectoral Commission for the Doctorates and coordinator of the Draco PhD school and at Università “La Sapienza”  in Rome. He is currently member of the Scientific Board of ISUF (International Seminar for Urban Studies), He was  member of the Scientific Board of Casa dell’Architettura (a public foundation devoted to architecture in Rome), scientific adviser to Italia Nostra (a public association for protection of landscape, architectural and cultural heritage in Italy). As architectural designers  he obtained awards in many International competitions (piazza Cairoli in Rome, piazze di Ponza and Ventotene, piazza Mastai a Roma, New Cimitery of Terni and Laurentino in Rome, piazzA in Castel di Sangro, piazza Oberdan IN Sabaudia, park of Aguzzano in Rome, Carezzano center etc.).

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26-12-2019

How to Cite

Strappa, G. (2019). The knotting morphological phenomenon. Interpretation of the palaces for politics forming process in Italy. ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 7, 37–54. https://doi.org/10.15320/ICONARP.2019.80